Metal telephone-directory hanger



S. S. DAHL.

METAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIO, 1920.

1,405,298; Patent-ea Jan. 31,1922.

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UNITED STATES.

PATE-Nr omi-fries.

sIevERr snvnav DAHI., on VIRGINIA, MrNNnsoTA.

METAL TELEPHONE-DIRECTORY HANGER Application led May 10,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGVERT Snvnnr DAHL, a citizen of the United States, residhanger to be hung in a convenient manner and place with the said directory-,attached to said hanger, with the result, that said directory can always be found and will always be properly cared for, thereby saving time and eliminating annoyance tok the persons using ythe telephone and directory. Y

I attain this object by the device illustratcd in the accompanying drawing, in

which I show the said hanger attached tol the stand of a desk telephone while 14 repany ordinary desk telephone. f

Figure l is the top view of the metal arm v of said hanger, which attaches to a telephone, wall, desk or other convenient place; Figure 2 is an end view of same; Figure 3 is a side view of same; Figure 4 is a side view of the metal hanger which attaches to a telephone directory and is suspended from the said arm; Figure 5 is a top view'of'V same; Figure 6 is a front view of same;

Figure 7 shows the front view of the arm attached to a desk telephone with a telephone directoryv attached to said metal hanger, which hanger Vis' shown suspendedl from said arm; Figure 8 shows the side viewV of same.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

In Figure l, arm l has a hook 2 on the end with a slot 3 in it anda slight enlargement 4 of the end of said slot serves to give more freedom of action when the said directory is in use while the hanger is attached to the said arm. A short 'piece 5, of the other end of the arm is bent at right' angles to the said hook and contains a hole 6, through'which passes the screw bolt 7, by

parts Y AVwhich the said arm is attached to the telephone, wall, desk or any other convenient object or place as desired. Arm 1 and piece 5, or either of them, may be bent at any ySpecification of Letters Patent.

1920. serial No. 380,272.

angle or in any direction, "when same `isl manufactured, to satisfy the user and to further thev convenient attaching of the said arm to different objects in different arrangements. Y 1 v v In Figure 4, part 8 fastens to the said directory by a screw 'bolt `passed through'said directory and holes 9 in said part,8. .The round T shaped bar 11 passes throughthe Patentea-Jan. 31, :1922. f

slot 3 and hangs on hook 2 whenthe said directory is not injuse.

saiddirectorythe said T bar is raised up intothe circularenlargeinent 4, ofthe saidx slot, allowin and using sald `directory in a convenient pofreedom of-action in opening sition to the user thereof.

Vhen Y using the If the user Wishes to-ltake thedirectoryf off the hook, thisV may be doneby turning the T bar around so that it can be pulled out through the slot and the vT bar being fastened at the middle ,of the bound .edgeof I. the said directory will thus form a conven- 'f ient handle. l v

In., Figures 7, and.8, part l2 represents the mouthpiece and part :13 a portion of resents a telephonedirectory.v Y i I doVV not claim any limprovement on the telephone itself.

VAll of the said be made of parts ofsaid device may any metalsdesired and' in any sol sizes. The metal may be treated -in any y manner,` as to appearance,l to suit the individual taste of the user.

What I claim as-new is:

l. A telephonehanger in the formpof a I A horizontally disposed hook which has a slot held in the slotand capable Vof being slid ,in the hook lwhich extendsl throughout theV L' entireV length of the'bend ofthe hook, in"v combination with a T-bar hanger removably` from one end to thel other of the slot and Vwhen so moved having its positionentirely reversed or inverted.

i Y l 2. The combination with a support havf ing a `horizontally disposed hook at its freey end whichis slotted throughout the bendof y the hook, of a T-bar hanger'insertcd in the slot and capable of being turned ytherein from aV ldepending or hanging position, to

the reverse'or an'upstandmg position, the i upper end of the slot terminatingin a circular enlargement whichallows freedom. ofV i Y action in opening and-using the article held bythe hanger. f

SIGVERT SEVERY 

